Outdoor giant REI planned a lush new headquarters complete with real campfires, but it's going up for sale before it has a chance to open

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• REI is abandoning its brand-new corporate campus in bid to save money and encourage remote work among its employees. 
• The co-op now plans to have multiple "headquarters" locations throughout the Seattle area and expects more employees to work from home long-term. 
• As the Covid-19 pandemic upends traditional notions of offices, REI is just one of many companies grappling with long-term decisions about office space.
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REI is putting its brand-new headquarters on the market, the company announced on Wednesday.

The 82-year-old outdoor co-operative is abandoning its eight-acre suburban Seattle campus in a bid to save money, and will encourage its 1,400 employees to work remotely for the long-term.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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